Posted on 07/28/2017 12:28:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) made it clear on Thursday what would happen if President Donald Trump fires his attorney general, Jeff Sessions. “If Jeff Sessions is fired, there will be holy hell to pay,” he told CNN. Graham also said he is looking to introduce legislation next week that would block the firing of special counsels without a judicial review.
Rumors have been swirling around Capitol Hill this week that Trump is looking to dispose of Sessions and Robert Mueller, the special counsel appointed to investigate Russia’s election interference, and any potential links between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign.
“This effort to basically marginalize and humiliate the attorney general is not going over well in the Senate,” Graham told CNN. “If you believe Jeff Sessions should be fired, use the power you have and accept the consequences.”
On Monday, Trump fired off a tweet calling Sessions “beleaguered,” asking why he has not looked into “Crooked Hillarys [sic] crimes & Russia relations.” Trump is reportedly upset that Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation, which left an opening filled by Mueller, a widely respected prosecutor who Trump is also unhappy with.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) & Intel leakers!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2017
Sessions was one of Trump’s earliest advocates, and the first senator to embrace his candidacy. The attorney general has also faithfully pursued Trump’s campaign vision–perhaps more than any other cabinet appointee–adopting a hard-line immigration stance and a law and order philosophy on crime.
Republican senators rushed to Sessions’ defense following Trump’s Twitter barrage. They were joined by some Democrats, like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who warned that firing Sessions could provoke a “constitutional crisis.” Others said it would further prove that Trump is guilty of obstruction of justice in the investigations involving Russia and his campaign.
Sessions had been largely mum on the topic of his potential firing until Thursday afternoon. In an interview with Fox, he called Trump’s attacks “hurtful,” but said that Trump “is determined to move this country in the direction he believes it needs to go to make us great again.” He added that Trump “wants all of us to do our jobs and that’s what I intend to do.”
Graham’s legislation would essentially make it more difficult for Trump, and future presidents, to fire a special counsel, which includes Mueller. Dismissing a special counsel would require a judicial review to determine if reasons behind the firing “meet the statutory definitions,” Graham said.
The effort is likely to be a bi-partisan endeavor. Graham’s Democratic colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have said they are working on the bill. Blumenthal said it “might be a committee effort,” adding that firing Mueller “would precipitate a firestorm that would be unprecedented in proportions.”
yep
Trump asked in his tweets why is Sessions not investigating Hillary. Did Sessions ever answer the question? I believe Sessions promised Trump he would go after Hillary and that’s how he got the job. Basically, he lied. He’s from the Senate. Hillary was in the Senate. They’re all special and look out for each other.
Lib gary cohn faction not going anywhere
On the other hand...not sure which one of these goes first...tillerson...session..or preibus
Toss up between tillerson or preibus
Government by bureaucracy
They have been so supportive so far lol
what if....
trump is just putting out a smoke screen on sessions to build allegiance and support in congress for when sessions brings charges on the swamp people?
james baker, DWS, rice, lynch could go down fast now that awan has been arrested and charged.
be hard for congress critters to change lanes & back away from supporting jeff after showing all this new found support for their former associate.
Haley replaces Rex, Powell Haley at UN.
Dont know how often grassley tweets but he just threw shade at the WH for the second time this week ..this time about scaramucci
Would that be a step down for powell.doesnt she still have a national security gig
If Trump finds out what they have on you, Linda, there will be holy hell to pay.
Haley replaces Rex, Powell Haley at UN.
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hope you’re wrong on all counts, here, txhurl
Shouldn’t have picked Sessions on of the boys in the first place ,should have picked an outside
Oooo. Was that a threat?
I’m so sure Trump is trembling, as if there was anything left with which to dredge up hell. You threaten impeachment? That’s the goal from the beginning.
So Graham has just announced that anything Sessions does is okay by him.
Hear that General Sessions? Green light, go!!
Wouldn't have made much difference from a "political optics" or "bias optics" point of view. The position inherently has a conflict of interest. See Lynch vs. Obama, and she was an outsider. So was Holder.
Separately from selection in the first place, assume for talking purposes he fires Sessions. Anybody he picks for replacement will be picked because they will go after Hillary, and they will spike any investigation into the Trump campaign. True or not, this is what will be asserted as truth. The replacement will have as much or more bias baggage as Sessions has.
He thinks his hero mclame will protect and keep him safe and secure.
Congress has no balls whatsoever.
is this the same miserable Lindsay who (with McShame) routinely screws up the US Senate rendering it dysfunctional.......
and now ... what? has the audacity to try to dictate to the POTUS how to run the Executive Branch?!
Lindsay, get your own house in order first....
Linda needs a slap-down. What did he amass in his presidential run, ten votes?
Oh yes there will be, for you.
“This effort to basically marginalize and humiliate the attorney general is not going over well in the Senate,” r well
Yeah, well the Senate isn't going over well with us, Lispy.
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